Khmaladze, Merab2019-11-262019-11-262012I international scientific-practical conference: "Priorities of the sustainable development of agriculture",Tbilisi, 2012, pp. 571-575978-9941-13-226-1https://dspace.tsu.ge/handle/123456789/582Georgia keeps high relative density of agricultural population. At the same time, within last twenty years, this indicator has increased by several percentage points. Also, it is considerably increases the number of villages without the population. A quarter of all the villages are unpromising which in the near future threaten to be deserted. In 1970-2002 the number of the big villages with the population of five thousand and more, has increased from twelve to twenty-eight.geArticle